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Plus Braids, Imarhan, The Beths, Ezra Furman, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 19, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks, as I was on vacation last week. This week we’re doing things slightly differently, with just a main Top 12 list and some honorable mentions, without the longer list of songs also released in the last week. More
Aboogi Out Now via City Slang
Aug 16, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Tuareg quintet Imarhan have shared two new songs: “The Distance,” a collaboration with Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, and “Tadalat,” a B-side from Imarhan’s most recent album, Aboogi. The band have also announced a set of fall North American tour dates. More
Aboogi Due Out January 28 via City Slang
Jan 13, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Tuareg quintet Imarhan are releasing a new album, Aboogi, on January 28 via City Slang. Now they have shared its third single, “Adar Newlan,” which features guest vocals from Gruff Rhys (of Welsh band Super Furry Animals). It was shared via an animated video written and directed by Fantômes (Hugo & Rodolphe Jouxtel). More
Aboogi Due Out January 28, 2022 via City Slang
Nov 30, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Tuareg quintet Imarhan have shared a new single, “Tamiditin,” which features Japonais (aka the late poet Mohamed Ag Itlale). It is the latest single release from their forthcoming third studio album, Aboogi, which will be out on January 28, 2022 via City Slang. More
Plus Laetitia Sadier, Michael Kiwanuka, HARD FEELINGS, Hamilton Leithauser and Kevin Morby, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 15, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a blockbuster week for new songs, although the week’s biggest song (Adele’s “Easy On Me”) didn’t make the list. But “Easy On Me” did set the all-time record for biggest single day streams for a song in Spotify history, so Adele will be fine. This week we have a supersized Top 12 and a solid honorable mentions list. More
Aboogi Due Out January 28, 2022 via City Slang
Oct 13, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Tuareg quintet Imarhan have announced the release of their third studio album, Aboogi, which will be out on January 28, 2022 via City Slang. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Achinkad.” More
Interviews
Jan 28, 2022
By Kyle Mullin
An isolated, notoriously dangerous desert is preferable to amenity rife Western locales. At least that’s the case for Imarhan while working on an album. That’s because the rising Tuareg Saharan nomad-descended rockers draw on their small Algerian town of Tamanrasset for inspiration and productivity. More
